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After the nomes make their escape from the store, they crash the truck in an abandoned quarry and make their home there. But the quarry isn't abandoned for long, and when the humans start making plans to reopen it, the nomes once more have to find somewhere else to live.

This one felt slower than the first, but I still enjoyed it. (

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kyuuketsukirui | Jul 23, 2009 |

Pratchettia lapsille, mutta huvittaa aikuisiakin. (

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virpiloi | Jun 18, 2009 |

This is the second story about the store nomes and outsider nomes, all trying to survive in an abandoned quarry. They finally get into a routine, when humans return to the quarry and the nomes must find somewhere else to go.

macfly_17 | Nov 22, 2008 |

A good sequel to Truckers. I particularly enjoyed the bit in which the nomes subdue the human interloper and, adding insult to injury, eat his lunch.

Bitter_Grace | Jul 14, 2008 |

Diggers didn't have quite the same impact as the first Bromeliad book, Truckers, but I still enjoyed it very much. Since Book 2 narrated just one side of the ongoing tale, it left me hanging, but thankfully, I have the next book -- Wings -- in hand. Diggers continued to make me laugh out loud; Pratchett's wit absolutely delights me! I'm eager to continue the adventure in Wings. (

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thioviolight | Jul 11, 2008 |

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'And Grimma said, We have two choices. We can run, or we hide. And they said, Which shall we do? She said, We shall Fight.'

A Bright New Dawn is just around the comer for thousands of tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned quarry. Or is it?

Soon strange things start to happen. Like the tops of puddles growing hard and cold, and the water coming down from the sky in frozen bits. Then humans appear and they really mess everything up. The quarry is to be re-opened, and the nomes must fight to defend their new home. But how long will they be able to keep the humans -at bay - even with the help of the monster Jekub?

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